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<title>
ELSA-2026-26564:  dovecot security update (IMPORTANT)
</title>
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<reference source="elsa" ref_id="ELSA-2026-26564" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-26564.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2025-59032" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2025-59032.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2026-27856" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-27856.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2026-27857" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-27857.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2026-27858" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-27858.html"/>

<description>
[1:2.2.36-8]
- update release number

[1:2.2.36-7.1]
- fix CVE-2020-12100 resource exhaustion via deeply nested MIME parts (#1866752)
- fix CVE-2020-12673 out of bound reads in dovecot NTLM implementation (#1866757)
- fix CVE-2020-12674 crash due to assert in RPA implementation (#1866764)

[1:2.2.36-7]
- generated key was too small (#1086365)
</description>
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<rights>Copyright 2026 Oracle, Inc.</rights>
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